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A8
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Guardian www.guardian.co.tt Saturday, February 6, 2016
CUSTOMS & EXCISE DIVISION
PUBLIC NOTICE
CLOSURE OF OFFICES
e Customs and Excise Division advises members of the public that its o ces will
be closed on MONDAY FEBRUARY 8TH and TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9TH, 2016
at the following locations:
Regular o ce hours will resume on Wednesday February 10, 2016 at 8:00am.
By order
-- Customs and Excise Division
Bunji Garlin, during his
performance at
Caesar's Army AM
Beach, at Tyrico Bay,
on Thursday.
PHOTO: DAVID WEARS
YVONNE WEBB
The Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) is denying
that there is a fish kill at La Brea, insisting instead
that it is a case of fishermen dumping an unwanted
catch of low demand fish.
Further to the IMA s preliminary findings, La
Brea Member of Parliament Nicole Olivierre is now
instructing the organisation to conduct toxicology
testings on the carcasses to determine the cause
scientifically.
"The first step that has to be taken in trying to
ascertain the source of the fish kill is to actually
have the IMA do some sampling of the fish that
came up and do some toxicology testing to deter-
mine exactly what it is that has caused the fishes
to die.
"Once we have ascertained that, then we will be
able to work backwards and see exactly what the
source of that toxicology substance is, so we could
then take steps to identify the source of any pollution
that is out there," she said.
Olivierre, who is also the minister of energy,
responded to questions about the troubling issue
in her constituency, during a site visit to Wells
Services Rig 4 located in the Petrotrin Field at
Sudama Trace, Fyzabad, yesterday.
La Brea fisherfolk are speculating that toxic waste
being dumped from one of the companies operating
along the Gulf of Paria may be responsible for the
dead fish washing ashore.
However, the IMA, which visited one of the
affected beaches, Carat Shed Beach, La Brea, earlier
this week, released its preliminary findings which
suggest the likely cause of the fish kills is the dump-
ing of unwanted catch by an unknown party or
parties.
The IMA based its findings on the fact that the
most popular specie of fish which washed ashore
was mullet which preliminary market data indicates
there is a low local demand for at present.
The institute said it also observed, during the
investigation, that fishing was taking place within
the same area, with live healthy salmon and blinch
being caught by fishermen and that there were no
abnormalities relating to water quality at the sites
in question.
Quizzed about the claims of fishermen, Olivierre
said, "Fish kills are a major concern because La
Brea is a fishing community. So we want to make
sure that the fish that is caught in the area will be
safe."
To this end, she said, she would make every effort
to ascertain the source of the toxin, if any, which
was causing the death of the marine life in that
particular area.
Without empirical data, she said, they could not
assign blame to any company or individual.
In response to claims that toxicology tests done
last August, when a dolphin and other species of
fish washed ashore, were never released, Olivierre
stated that she has asked a representative from the
ministry to contact the IMA to obtain those results.
"So we can look into it, to see exactly what find-
ings came out of it, to determine the source of the
substance that is leading to this fish kill because
we want to make sure fish caught in this area are
safe."
Unwanted
fish dumped
in La Brea
IMA:
CAESAR'S ARMY